After completing the course the students will be able to:
develop an understanding of the basic concepts, methods and principles of psychology
get acquainted with the nature, process and principles of development
get acquainted with the different periods of life with psycho-social perspective
sensitize with the problems of childhood and adolescence periods of life
9.00
Unit I:
Concept of Psychology
Psychology: Meaning, nature & branches of psychology
Schools of Psychology: Structuralism, Functionalism, Behaviorism, Gestalt,
Psychoanalysis and their contributions in education
9.00
Unit II:
Concept of Educational Psychology
Educational Psychology: meaning, nature, scope and factions
Methods of Educational Psychology: Observation, Case Study, Experimental, Survey
10.00
Unit III:
Growth & Development
Growth and Development: Concept, principles and stages
Childhood: Meaning, characteristics, physical, cognitive, social, emotional, moral and language development
Adolescence: Meaning, characteristics, physical, cognitive, social, emotional, moral and language development
9.00
Unit IV:
Theories of Development
Piaget’s cognitive development
Freud’s psycho-sexual development
Erikson’s psycho social development
Kohlberg’s moral development
Bandura’s social development
Goleman’s emotional development
8.00
Unit V:
Management of Diversity in learning
Meaning and definition of individual differences
Types of individual differences
Determinants of individual differences
Educational implications
Provisions for individual in schools
Essential Readings:
Any one of the following:-
Observe the behaviour of an adolescent boy/girl and listen his/her characteristics and problem & prepare a report
Comparative study of developing pattern of children with reference to difference in SES
Identify the learning need of the learner in diverse class room with regard to their abilities, learning styles, socio-cultural difference, learning difficulties and their implication for class room teaching
Books Recommended:
Essential readings
Aggrarwal, J.C.(1981). Essential of Educational Psychology. Delhi. Doaba Book